Mr Speaker,
In my idea of Spain there is room for every ideology imaginable and for all identities; what there is no room for is the use of coercion and crime to defend any idea or any identity.
Thanks to the tenacity of democracy in these past thirty years, ETA is weaker than ever, even though it is still capable of killing, as it proved only a few weeks ago by murdering Isaías Carrasco. Before him, Diego Armando Estacio, Carlos Alonso Palate, Raúl Centeno and Fernando Trapero also lost their lives at the hands of callous murderers. All of them deserve our tribute, as do all victims of terrorism.
I wish, on this solemn occasion, to thank our judges, prosecutors, police officers and civil guards for their commitment and dedication, and also France, for its decisive cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
Honourable Members,
We are, therefore, closer to the end of ETA, but we are not there yet. This terrorist organization has decided to continue its brutal course. It has wasted the opportunities that democracy, without renouncing a single principle or a single rule, has offered it this term. By doing this, they are only making their future bleaker. They have defied the good faith of a democratic society that is firm in its convictions and has the accredited courage to defend itself from these terrorists' homicidal defiance.
ETA has no other future: that of ending its criminal barbarity definitively and unconditionally.
Since ETA's intentions have been confirmed, we must reaffirm ours. I am grateful, once again, for the support given by the members of Parliament to the Government this past term. Now, I ask for the same support in order to design a counterterrorist strategy shared by all the Groups in the Chamber. I insist: I want it to belong to the Groups.